A lot goes into that first call. Not the call you make, but the call you earn. Before your phone rang, lots of things had to happen – the client had to decide they needed a photographer, and where there’s an ad agency, PR firm, or design firm involved, they had to convince their client … Read more
I read, every day, Leslie Burns-Dell Acqua’s blog – Burns Auto Parts. Leslie, a consultant that helps photographers market themselves and grow their businesses, has a lot of good advice, and she and I traveled the country as a part of the ASMP Strictly Business 2 seminar series, and I think she gave good advice. … Read more
Today, I am on assignment in New Orleans, and after the scout and with some down time, we found ourselves wandering the Canal Street Mall. Not much to see. In fact, it looks like every other mall in America – a Saks, movie theater, Kenneth Cole, and, yes, a Brooks Brothers.So, looking to kill some … Read more
Previously, I wrote about the value of the Jack & Suzy Welch Column in BusinessWeek – Diversification and A Variety of Clients, (2/11/07), and this week’s mail brought in another gem by them – The Importance of Being Sticky. In the column, they talk about many of the points that Malcolm Gladwell goes into in … Read more
As Orphan Works is set to die this session of Congress, it is time for creatives to re-group, and consider our strategies, alternatives, and with whom we may align ourselves when it rears its ugly head next session of Congress, that begins in January. More importantly, we need to know who we can trust for … Read more
Jill Greenberg makes some pretty interesting pictures, to be sure. Yet, if she wanted to commit professional suicide by slamming her clients, she should have just kept mum. In the David Walker’s PDN Piece How Jill Greenberg Really Feels About John McCain (9/12/08), Greenburg is reported by PDN to have “rubbed her hands with glee” … Read more
Aaron over at What The Duck is spot-on here. I can’t tell you how many programs I’ve PAID to attend that become 55 minutes sales pitch, 5 minutes useful information.Now, I’m not saying that if I wasn’t already going to use the product, the 55 minutes of demonstrating how great the product (or service) is, … Read more
As the sun rises on the West Coast, the news is not good – PhotoShelter, in an effort to sustain their PhotoShelter Personal Archive is closing the PhotoShelter Collection October 10th, according to sources. They will be making a formal annoucement shortly with an expanded explanation about PhotoShelter’s plans moving forward.(Continued after the Jump)This impending … Read more
With the historic Presidential election less than 60 days away, you can expect there will be a great deal of chaos and consternation in the great state of Florida come election day. Will there be more hanging chads? More recounts? Who knows.One thing though, is for certain, before the real chaos begins, there will be … Read more
I was passing the time during a shoot doing my morning reading. After reading about the repeated screw-ups with Bloomberg over the inaccurate reporting of Steve Jobs’ death, and the false reporting of the bankruptcy of United Airlines, I was making my way through my own blog roll, which includes Chase Jarvis’ blog. Chase’ piece … Read more
